How big is Marshall Ford?

Marshall Ford reports 108 MW hydroelectric of operating nameplate capacity. These technology ratings do not establish a common export limit. Source: EIA Sep 2026.

What kind of plant is Marshall Ford?

Marshall Ford is a Conventional Hydroelectric facility in Travis County, TX, participating in the ERCOT market.

Where is Marshall Ford located?

Marshall Ford is in Travis County, TX, inside the ERCOT balancing area.

Who operates Marshall Ford?

Marshall Ford is operated by Lower Colorado River Authority according to the EIA generator inventory. Reporting membership does not by itself establish ultimate ownership.

How much electricity does Marshall Ford generate?

Marshall Ford reported 24 GWh over the twelve months to 2024-12. Figures are net generation as filed to EIA-923.

Where does Marshall Ford connect to the grid?

Marshall Ford settles at HV_BESS1_RN.

How does Marshall Ford compare to other plants?

By capacity, Marshall Ford ranks #141 of 1,356 operating plants of the same technology nationally. It ranks #1 of 16 in TX.

Marshall Ford — 108 MW hydro plant, Travis County, TX

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Generation and physical site

EIA plant 3600 · Inventory for Sep 2026.

Reported operating nameplate by technology

Hydroelectric: 108 MW

Operating generators only. Battery power is in MW; stored energy is in MWh. These ratings do not establish a shared export limit.

Generator records (3)

EIA generator status and nameplate capacity for Marshall Ford
Generator	Technology	Status	Power (MW)	Energy (MWh)
1	Conventional Hydroelectric	Operating	36	Unknown
2	Conventional Hydroelectric	Operating	36	Unknown
3	Conventional Hydroelectric	Operating	36	Unknown

Physical map location · OpenStreetMap: 30.38989, -97.90785
Filed location · EIA: 30.38990, -97.90730

Sources and observation dates

Inventory source: EIA-860M workbook (preliminary)
EIA reporting month: Sep 2026
EIA retrieved: Oct 24, 2026
OSM extract: Oct 9, 2026
OSM last mapped edit: Mar 10, 2023
Map prepared: Oct 24, 2026
Field verification: Not reported

Reporting month describes the inventory. Retrieval and map preparation describe processing; an OSM edit does not establish an in-service date.

EIA source inventory

Units and generators

Current generator records and technology attributes reported through EIA-860.

Generator	Capacity	Technology	Operation	Status
1	36 MW 36 MW summer	Conventional Hydroelectric HY	Jan 1941	Operating
2	36 MW 36 MW summer	Conventional Hydroelectric HY	Jan 1941	Operating
3	36 MW 36 MW summer	Conventional Hydroelectric HY	Jan 1941	Operating

Performance

Monthly EIA generation history and recent market-resource behavior where linked telemetry is available.

Peer context

Technology capacity: 108 MW; Conventional Hydroelectric
National rank: #141; of 1,356 operating peers
TX rank: #1; of 16 operating peers

Monthly generation

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Latest 12 months

24 GWh

Reported net generation

Latest report

Dec 2024

EIA-923 monthly filing

2024 capacity factor

2.5%

Using current reported nameplate capacity

Monthly generation is reported through EIA-923. Capacity factor uses the current EIA nameplate capacity and is shown only for complete calendar years.

ERCOT disclosed dispatch

3 ERCOT market resources · Hydro

Generation

3 mo through Sep 4, 2026

Avg output

19 MW

Peak output

72 MW

Capacity factor

26%

Uptime

18%

Capacity factor is average output vs. this plant's observed peak.

Output by hourlocal time · 90 days through Sep 4, 2026

0:006:0012:0018:0024:00

Latest disclosed outputhourly · 2 weeks ending Sep 4, 2026

Generation from ERCOT's 60-Day SCED Disclosure (≈60-day lag), summed over this site's market resources.

Settlement price economics

Observed ERCOT settlement prices at MAR_MARSFOG1 over 365 days (2025-11-02 to 2026-11-01). This plant is also crosswalked to MAR_MARSFOG2, MAR_MARSFOG3; the point with the deepest price history is shown.

Average price: $35.42/MWh
Hourly range: -$84 to $936
Negative price hours: 189
TB2 spread benchmark: $47.8/kW-yr

The TB2 figure is a price benchmark, not revenue: it values one perfect-foresight cycle per day between the 2 cheapest and 2 dearest hours of each day, gross of round-trip losses, and excludes ancillary services and any physical dispatch constraint. It describes what this node’s price shape was worth over the window — it is not this asset’s realized capture, and no dispatch is assumed or modelled.

Related parties and identifiers

Parties, market resources, and identifiers tied to this asset, with owner, operator, developer, EPC, compliance provider, and interconnecting entity roles kept separate.

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AssetOwner / operatorContractorRelated asset

Parties and identifiers

OrganizationRoleBasis

Lower Colorado River AuthorityOperatorBureau of Reclamation on May 30, 1997.

MARSFO_MARSFOG1, MARSFO_MARSFOG2, MARSFO_MARSFOG3Market resourcesLinked ERCOT resources.

Reporting portfolio

EIA reporting entity

Lower Colorado River Authority

Entity 11269

Operating portfolio

12 plants

1 states

Reported capacity

4,396.1 MW

Conventional Hydroelectric · Conventional Steam Coal · Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle

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Sim Gideon	623 MW	TX
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Thomas C Ferguson	574.6 MW	TX
Timmerman Power Plant	368 MW	TX
Winchester Power Park	242 MW	TX

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Units and generators

Performance

Peer context

Monthly generation

ERCOT disclosed dispatch

Generation

Output by hourlocal time · 90 days through Sep 4, 2026

Latest disclosed outputhourly · 2 weeks ending Sep 4, 2026

Settlement price economics

Grid and market context

Market registration

Operating context

Nearby substations

Commercial, land, and environmental record

Land and environmental record